Vehicle customization system

ABSTRACT

A customization system for a vehicle includes a control operable to generate an output in a vehicle, with the output being a visual output, an audible output and/or a haptic output. An occupant recognition system is operable to recognize a particular occupant in the vehicle. The control accesses previously input occupant selections that are stored in a memory of the customization system. Responsive to the occupant recognition system recognizing a particular occupant of the vehicle, the control accesses previously input occupant selections associated with that particular occupant and, responsive to an accessed previously input occupant selection corresponding to a current date or vehicle status or location, the control generates a predetermined output for that particular occupant that corresponds to the current date or vehicle status or location.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application claims the filing benefits of U.S. provisionalapplication Ser. No. 62/249,469 filed Nov. 2, 2015, which is herebyincorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to a vehicle vision system for avehicle and, more particularly, to a vehicle vision system that utilizesone or more cameras at a vehicle.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Vehicles are commonly prepared to be personalized in limited manner suchas the positions of the seating, steering wheel, mirrors and somecomfort settings are bound to the individual driver by storing his orher settings and reproducing it as soon that driver reenters thevehicle. He or she may be identified by the key that is used, voice orbody markers. Some vehicles may welcome the driver with a kind ofwelcome sound or short light show.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a driver assistance system or visionsystem or imaging system for a vehicle that provides custom orpersonalized displays and/or alerts/messages to the driver or occupantresponsive to a determination of a particular time or date or the likethat is meaningful to the driver or occupant. For example, a user of thevehicle may enter a particular date in a vehicle calendar (such as theuser's birthday or anniversary or important holiday or the like) and thesystem, responsive to determining the presence of the user in thevehicle on that date, provides a display or alert or communication tothe user (such as playing a particular song, such as “happy birthday” ordisplaying a particular video or particular images or the like). Thesystem may utilize one or more cameras (preferably one or more CMOScameras) to capture image data representative of images interior of thevehicle, such as of the driver's head region or passenger(s) headregion(s) or the like, and an image processor may process captured imagedata to determine or recognize the driver and/or passenger(s), wherebyan appropriate customized alert or display or communication may begenerated for that recognized driver and/or passenger.

These and other objects, advantages, purposes and features of thepresent invention will become apparent upon review of the followingspecification in conjunction with the drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a vehicle with a vision system thatincorporates cameras in accordance with the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

A vehicle vision system and/or driver assist system and/or alert systemoperates to capture images interior of the vehicle and may process thecaptured image data to display images and to detect objects at or nearthe vehicle and in the predicted path of the vehicle, such as to assista driver of the vehicle in maneuvering the vehicle in a rearwarddirection. The data acquisition system, driver assist system and visionsystem may operate on separate devices having processors for processinginput and output data, or may be operated on combined units or deviceshereinafter referred to as the system or vision system. The visionsystem includes an image processor or image processing system that isoperable to receive image data from one or more cameras and provide anoutput to a display device for displaying images representative of thecaptured image data. Optionally, the vision system may provide display,such as a rearview display or a top down or bird's eye or surround viewdisplay or the like.

Referring now to the drawings and the illustrative embodiments depictedtherein, a vehicle 10 includes an imaging system or vision system ordriver assist system 12 that includes at least one interior facingcamera 13 operable to capture image data of the driver and/or of anoccupant in the vehicle (FIG. 1). The system 12 includes a control orelectronic control unit (ECU) or processor 18 that is operable toprocess image data captured by the camera or cameras and may identifythe driver or occupant (responsive to processing of image data capturedby the interior viewing camera or cameras) or may detect objects or thelike and/or provide displayed images at a display device 16 for viewingby the driver of the vehicle (although shown in FIG. 1 as being part ofor incorporated in or at an interior rearview mirror assembly 20 of thevehicle, the control and/or the display device may be disposed elsewhereat or in the vehicle). The control, responsive to recognition of thedriver or passenger, may generate a customized output (such as anaudible output or visual output) for that recognized driver orpassenger, and the customized output may be responsive to one or moreother inputs, such as a date or time or the like that may have beenpreviously input by the driver or passenger. The data transfer or signalcommunication from the camera to the ECU may comprise any suitable dataor communication link, such as a vehicle network bus or the like of theequipped vehicle.

The vehicle interior is becoming more and more relevant while thevehicle's driving properties shift out of scope as soon as the driver ismore and more released from driving tasks such as when the vehicles aredriven in a semi-autonomous or autonomous mode or manner.

The personalization may be extended to non-vehicle inherent functionssuch as altering the behavior on specific occasions. For example, thefunctions may be altered as date and time dependent, where displays oralerts or the like are provided on certain driver specific celebrationdays, such as, for example, the driver's (or other vehicle occupant's)birthday, the day at which the driver/occupant became a father ormother, the day at which the driver/occupant passed an important test orexam, an anniversary of the driver/occupant and/or the like. Optionally,the system may adjust displays or alerts or lights on certain holidays(and may do this irrespective of who is in the vehicle or only when aparticular occupant or occupants is/are determined to be in thevehicle), such as by showing dark colors and orange or jumpingjack-o'-lantern on Halloween or showing a frost pattern around thedisplay borderlines when it is cold out or the like, or showing amarching band on the displays on Presidents Day or showing fireworks onthe 4th of July or showing other displays on other national holidays.

Optionally, the system may adjust the display or alert or lightsresponsive to breaking news or the like (where the adjustment is newssituational dependent). For example, the system may play sad music orjazz when bad news is received (such as when the driver's favoritefootball team has lost a game) or may play upbeat music or rock musicwhen good news is received (such as when the driver's favorite footballteam has won a game) or the like.

Nowadays the behavior of the car is limited to haptic, audio or displaycontent and driving behavior, beside malfunctions. Some OEMs haveavatars implemented to communicate to the driver concerning vehiclefunctions, service functions and comfort functions. Some have primitivevoice command sets implemented. Some have feedback learning algorithmsin place to adapt to driver behavior, preferences or mood. For example,a vehicle's automatic driving may adapt to the driving and gear changebehavior of a specific driver when the driver is driving on manual ornon-automated.

As an aspect of the invention, an artificial intelligence (AI) may beimplemented in the vehicle or connected to the vehicle (such as, forexample, implemented in a cloud, or installed on a connected smartphone) for interacting with the vehicle occupants. The AI (or agent) mayalter its behavior in interacting style and content on specificoccasions or in specific contexts. Context understanding is very littleachievable by classical software logic. The AI of the present inventionmay be done by a deep learning algorithm instead, capable to interpretfrom data and meta data which behavior, communication style and contentmay fit to a certain situation context. A more advanced AI may becapable for cognitive insights, such as, for example, understanding thecontent of a non-preset dialog. Non vehicle deep learning basedapplications such as human speech understanding for translation andindividual command understanding are capable. Other strong deep learningbased AIs may be found in automated stock market analyzing and biddingexecution algorithms, which are buying and selling in fractions ofseconds.

The system according to the present invention may tap into the driver'sand /or vehicle occupants' (hereinafter referred as the user) personaldata, which may be collected and stored in any kind of cloud or storedon a local device such as the user's cell phone, wearable, smart watch,a human body implant or the like. Also, the systems settings and thetrained profile or properties (data, vectors, parameters) may be storedor backed-up in that way. The system may profile meta data out of thelarger data by long term watching of the user's behavior and humanbehavior in general communicating and interacting with other human andmachines.

In machine learning terms, the ‘watching’ may be an unsupervisedlearning using a predictor which prediction leads to either a positivefeedback, when the prediction was generally correct or more correct thanincorrect, or a negative feedback, when the prediction was generallyincorrect or more incorrect than correct. That method may equate to atype of Reinforcement Learning. The unsupervised learning may also be atype of Clustering or Learning Belief Network. The Al may comprise asupport vector machine, Bayesian learning, digital reasoning, emotionfinite state machine or probabilistic relational models.

The system may learn the likes and dislikes of the user and his or hermanners in reacting to certain situations in different contexts.Optionally, the system of the present invention may have a kind ofavatar that is able to hold a dialog with the user. Optionally, thesystem may generate or have a kind of personality which emerges out ofthe learned behavior, which makes it unlike and different from otheridentical systems of its kind from different users. Optionally, thepersonality style may be user settable in the manner that the userprefers it, such as ranging from ‘mother in law’ or ‘teacher’ or ‘bestbuddy’ personality traits, depending on the mannerisms desired by theuser. Optionally, the vehicle AI may be a subpart of a super AI which isaiding and interacting with the user in every kind of situations andplaces and the use of the user's vehicle is just one of these.

The technology in vehicles is increasing and the connectivity within thevehicle and the outside world is also increasing. The calendar in thevehicle is there, where a person can save his or her birthday or otherimportant dates or holidays. The user can enter those dates when he/shebought the vehicle, or every time after the factory reset of the vehiclecomputers, and those dates are then saved for that particular user.

The information is saved in the vehicle calendar, so when the date forthe birthday is there, the music is automatically played (responsive todetermination that the birthday person has entered the vehicle) in thevehicle for some special theme, such as, for example, happy birthdaypiano tunes or the like. Optionally, the display of the vehicle may showa happy birthday logo or the like, with some special videos, which makethe user feel special in the vehicle. Optionally, the interior lights ofthe vehicle may change their color(s) such as with the music or such asrandomly in a disco fashion or the like. Optionally, a vibrator/massagerof the seats may shake the user in a different manner and/or the sideholder in the seats may be holding and releasing the user's back (ifdesired or previously input or selected by the user, such as when thedate was entered). When entering the special dates, the user may selecthow the vehicle functions on that date, such as what songs are playedand what is displayed and what seat or other accessories are controlledon that date).

Optionally, the inside view camera, which may be used for eye detectionfor drowsy detection and driver attention, may capture images, with theuser's reaction at the same time when vehicle is celebrating the user'sbirthday (or other special day or holiday). Moreover, as connectivity isimproving, such captured image data can be sent to the OEM (or otherremote receiver), and the OEM can send the user an electronic document(such as a pdf document or the like) with the captured images showinghow the vehicle celebrated the user's birthday. Furthermore, the OEM maysend a coupon as a gift for the vehicle, for small things, like newperfume for the vehicle or a cleaning cloth for the vehicle dash boardor the like.

The data can be entered with the camera viewing the user, so that thesystem recognizes the user's face and does not later initiate thesecelebrations or communications with the wrong driver or vehicleoccupant. The system may utilize aspects of user customization systemsand/or driver recognition systems of the types described in U.S. Pat.No. 7,914,187 and/or U.S. Publication Nos. US-2016-0137126;US-2015-0352953; US-2015-0296135; US-2015-0294169; US-2015-0277735;US-2015-0232030; US-2015-0092042; US-2015-0022664; US-2015-0015710;US-2015-0009010 and/or US-2014-0336876, which are hereby incorporatedherein by reference in their entireties.

It is preferred to have this behavior of the vehicle occur duringstart-up of the vehicle and when the vehicle is traveling under a safespeed limit, or at the time the person reaches a particular destinationand is parking the vehicle for the first time on his or her birthday (orother special day). Optionally, aspects of the system described aboveare suitable for use in determining or recognizing a passenger of thevehicle and, if the passenger has particular dates entered in thesystem, providing the appropriate celebration or treatment for thatpassenger. Optionally, the system or essentially the avatar may beresponsive to a voice command, whereby a user may announce that it is aparticular passenger's birthday (or other special day), and the systemwill perform accordingly for that particular passenger.

Optionally, it is envisioned that the stored information (input by thedriver or passenger or user of the system) may include a location orlocations that is/are important to the driver or passenger. Then, thecontrol may generate an appropriate output or message when the vehiclearrives at that location (such as responsive to the input and a GPSsystem of the vehicle and optionally responsive to a particular date ortime).

Thus, the present invention provides a customization system thatcomprises a control that is operable to access previously input user oroccupant selections that are stored in a memory (such as manually inputat an input of the vehicle or downloaded to a vehicle memory via theuser's smartphone or the like). The inputs may comprise particular dates(such as birthday, anniversary, and/or the like) and/or geographicallocations (such as the user's home or work or favorite restaurant orlocation or the like) and/or other status or criteria or condition ofthe vehicle or the like. The system is operable to generate an outputassociated with the respective inputs. The output may be a standardoutput for the respective input (such as playing “happy birthday” on theuser's birthday) or may be an output selected by or generated by theuser (such as a video or audio recording downloaded by the user to thesystem's memory, such as a video of the user's children wishing him/hera happy birthday, or the like). Responsive to a user or occupantrecognition system recognizing a particular user or occupant of thevehicle (such as via video recognition of an occupant in the vehicle orvia a user input by the user when the user enters the vehicle, where theuser input may comprise a vocal command or touch input or the like thatidentifies the particular user or occupant to the system), the controlaccesses the previously input occupant selections associated with thatparticular user/occupant and, responsive to an accessed previously inputoccupant selection (such as the user's birthday or selected location orthe like) corresponding to a current date or vehicle status or location,the control generates a predetermined output for that user/occupant thatcorresponds to the current date or vehicle status or location.

Optionally, the previously input occupant selections may include, forexample, at least one date selected by the particular occupant.Responsive to the system recognizing or identifying the particular useror occupant and responsive to the accessed previously input selecteddate (for that user) corresponding to the current date, the controlgenerates an output for the user or occupant that is associated with thepreviously input selected date. Optionally, the previously inputoccupant selections may include, for example, at least one geographicallocation selected by the user or occupant. Responsive to the systemrecognizing or identifying the particular occupant and responsive to theaccessed previously input selected geographical location (for that user)corresponding to (or approaching) the current geographical location ofthe vehicle, the control generates another output for the occupant thatis associated with the previously input geographical location.

Therefore, the present invention provides a customization system thatthe user or owner of the vehicle can customize for himself/herself andfriends and family that often are occupants in the user's vehicle. Theuser can customize or select dates or locations or events or othercriteria at which a message or output will be generated (for particularpeople that may be determined to be present in the vehicle) and the usercan customize the message itself. Thus, the user can customize thesystem to have the vehicle generate a selected message for a selectedsituation or driving condition or date/time/location or the like. Forexample, the user could have the system play happy music when thevehicle arrives home (or other selected location) or could have thesystem play a pre-recorded message that the user downloaded or recordedat the vehicle when the vehicle arrives home (or other location). Thepre-recorded message may be downloaded by the user when selecting thedate/location/event for that message, or the system may provide arecording feature that may record a message that is associated with aninput date or location or event or the like. The user may record themessage when selecting or inputting the date or location or event, ormay later record a custom message or download a custom message for apreviously input date or location or event.

Optionally, the vision system may include at least one exterior facingimaging sensor or camera, such as a rearward facing imaging sensor orcamera 14 a (and the system may optionally include multiple exteriorfacing imaging sensors or cameras, such as a forwardly facing camera 14b at the front (or at the windshield) of the vehicle, and asidewardly/rearwardly facing camera 14 c, 14 d at respective sides ofthe vehicle), which capture images exterior of the vehicle, with thecamera having a lens for focusing images at or onto an imaging array orimaging plane or imager of the camera (FIG. 1). Optionally, a forwardviewing camera may be disposed at the windshield of the vehicle and viewthrough the windshield and forward of the vehicle, such as for a machinevision system (such as for traffic sign recognition, headlamp control,pedestrian detection, collision avoidance, lane marker detection and/orthe like).

The camera or sensor may comprise any suitable camera or sensor.Optionally, the camera may comprise a “smart camera” that includes theimaging sensor array and associated circuitry and image processingcircuitry and electrical connectors and the like as part of a cameramodule, such as by utilizing aspects of the vision systems described inInternational Publication Nos. WO 2013/081984 and/or WO 2013/081985,which are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

The system includes an image processor operable to process image datacaptured by the camera or cameras, such as for detecting objects orother vehicles or pedestrians or the like in the field of view of one ormore of the cameras. For example, the image processor may comprise anEyeQ2 or EyeQ3 image processing chip available from Mobileye VisionTechnologies Ltd. of Jerusalem, Israel, and may include object detectionsoftware (such as the types described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,855,755;7,720,580 and/or 7,038,577, which are hereby incorporated herein byreference in their entireties), and may analyze image data to detectvehicles and/or other objects. Responsive to such image processing, andwhen an object or other vehicle is detected, the system may generate analert to the driver of the vehicle and/or may generate an overlay at thedisplayed image to highlight or enhance display of the detected objector vehicle, in order to enhance the driver's awareness of the detectedobject or vehicle or hazardous condition during a driving maneuver ofthe equipped vehicle.

The vehicle may include any type of sensor or sensors, such as imagingsensors or radar sensors or lidar sensors or ladar sensors or ultrasonicsensors or the like. The imaging sensor or camera may capture image datafor image processing and may comprise any suitable camera or sensingdevice, such as, for example, a two dimensional array of a plurality ofphotosensor elements arranged in at least 640 columns and 480 rows (atleast a 640×480 imaging array, such as a megapixel imaging array or thelike), with a respective lens focusing images onto respective portionsof the array. The photosensor array may comprise a plurality ofphotosensor elements arranged in a photosensor array having rows andcolumns. Preferably, the imaging array has at least 300,000 photosensorelements or pixels, more preferably at least 500,000 photosensorelements or pixels and more preferably at least 1 million photosensorelements or pixels. The imaging array may capture color image data, suchas via spectral filtering at the array, such as via an RGB (red, greenand blue) filter or via a red/red complement filter or such as via anRCC (red, clear, clear) filter or the like. The logic and controlcircuit of the imaging sensor may function in any known manner, and theimage processing and algorithmic processing may comprise any suitablemeans for processing the images and/or image data.

For example, the vision system and/or processing and/or camera and/orcircuitry may utilize aspects described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 8,694,224;7,005,974; 5,760,962; 5,877,897; 5,796,094; 5,949,331; 6,302,545;6,396,397; 6,498,620; 6,523,964; 6,611,202; 6,201,642; 6,690,268;6,717,610; 6,757,109; 6,802,617; 6,806,452; 6,822,563; 6,891,563;6,946,978; 7,859,565; 5,550,677; 5,670,935; 7,881,496; 7,720,580;7,038,577; 6,882,287; 5,929,786 and/or 5,786,772, which are all herebyincorporated herein by reference in their entireties. The system maycommunicate with other communication systems via any suitable means,such as by utilizing aspects of the systems described in InternationalPublication Nos. WO/2010/144900; WO 2013/043661 and/or WO 2013/081985,and/or U.S. Publication No. US-2012-0062743, which are herebyincorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

The imaging device and control and image processor and any associatedillumination source, if applicable, may comprise any suitablecomponents, and may utilize aspects of the cameras (such as variousimaging sensors or imaging array sensors or cameras or the like, such asa CMOS imaging array sensor, a CCD sensor or other sensors or the like)and vision systems described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,760,962; 5,715,093;6,922,292; 6,757,109; 6,717,610; 6,590,719; 6,201,642; 5,796,094;6,559,435; 6,831,261; 6,822,563; 6,946,978; 7,720,580; 8,542,451;7,965,336; 7,480,149; 5,550,677; 5,877,897; 6,498,620; 5,670,935;5,796,094; 6,396,397; 6,806,452; 6,690,268; 7,005,974; 7,937,667;7,123,168; 7,004,606; 6,946,978; 7,038,577; 6,353,392; 6,320,176;6,313,454 and/or 6,824,281, and/or International Publication Nos. WO2009/036176; WO 2009/046268; WO 2010/099416; WO 2011/028686 and/or WO2013/016409, and/or U.S. Pat. Publication Nos. US 2010-0020170 and/orUS-2009-0244361, which are all hereby incorporated herein by referencein their entireties.

Optionally, the vision system may include a display for displayingimages captured by one or more of the imaging sensors for viewing by thedriver of the vehicle while the driver is normally operating thevehicle. Optionally, for example, the vision system may include a videodisplay device disposed at or in the interior rearview mirror assemblyof the vehicle, such as by utilizing aspects of the video mirror displaysystems described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,690,268 and/or U.S. Publication No.US-2012-0162427, which are hereby incorporated herein by reference intheir entireties. The video mirror display may comprise any suitabledevices and systems and optionally may utilize aspects of the compassdisplay systems described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,370,983; 7,329,013;7,308,341; 7,289,037; 7,249,860; 7,004,593; 4,546,551; 5,699,044;4,953,305; 5,576,687; 5,632,092; 5,677,851; 5,708,410; 5,737,226;5,802,727; 5,878,370; 6,087,953; 6,173,508; 6,222,460; 6,513,252 and/or6,642,851, and/or European patent application, published Oct. 11, 2000under Publication No. EP 0 1043566, and/or U.S. Publication No.US-2006-0061008, which are all hereby incorporated herein by referencein their entireties. Optionally, the video mirror display screen ordevice may be operable to display images captured by a rearward viewingcamera of the vehicle during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle (suchas responsive to the vehicle gear actuator being placed in a reversegear position or the like) to assist the driver in backing up thevehicle, and optionally may be operable to display the compass headingor directional heading character or icon when the vehicle is notundertaking a reversing maneuver, such as when the vehicle is beingdriven in a forward direction along a road (such as by utilizing aspectsof the display system described in International Publication No. WO2012/051500, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in itsentirety).

Optionally, the vision system (utilizing the forward facing camera and arearward facing camera and other cameras disposed at the vehicle withexterior fields of view) may be part of or may provide a display of atop-down view or birds-eye view system of the vehicle or a surround viewat the vehicle, such as by utilizing aspects of the vision systemsdescribed in International Publication Nos. WO 2010/099416; WO2011/028686; WO 2012/075250; WO 2013/019795; WO 2012/075250; WO2012/145822; WO 2013/081985; WO 2013/086249 and/or WO 2013/109869,and/or U.S. Publication No. US-2012-0162427, which are herebyincorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

Changes and modifications in the specifically described embodiments canbe carried out without departing from the principles of the invention,which is intended to be limited only by the scope of the appendedclaims, as interpreted according to the principles of patent lawincluding the doctrine of equivalents.

1. A customization system for a vehicle, said customization systemcomprising: a control operable to generate an output in a vehicle, saidoutput comprising an output selected from the group consisting of avisual output, an audible output and a haptic output; an occupantrecognition system operable to recognize a particular occupant in thevehicle; wherein said control accesses previously input occupantselections that are stored in a memory of said customization system; andwherein, responsive to the occupant recognition system recognizing aparticular occupant in the vehicle, said control accesses previouslyinput occupant selections associated with that particular occupant and,responsive to an accessed previously input occupant selectioncorresponding to a current date or vehicle status, said controlgenerates a predetermined output for that particular occupant thatcorresponds to the current date or vehicle status.
 2. The customizationsystem of claim 1, wherein the recognized particular occupant is adriver of the vehicle.
 3. The customization system of claim 2, whereinsaid occupant recognition system comprises at least one cameraconfigured to be disposed in the vehicle so as to have a field of viewthat encompasses a driver's head region in the vehicle.
 4. Thecustomization system of claim 1, wherein the recognized particularoccupant is a passenger of the vehicle.
 5. The customization system ofclaim 4, wherein said occupant recognition system comprises at least onecamera configured to be disposed in the vehicle so as to have a field ofview that encompasses head regions of passengers in the vehicle.
 6. Thecustomization system of claim 1, wherein the previously input occupantselections include a birth date of the occupant, and wherein, responsiveto the occupant recognition system recognizing the particular occupantin the vehicle and responsive to the accessed previously input birthdate corresponding to the current date, said control generates abirthday message for that particular occupant in the vehicle.
 7. Thecustomization system of claim 6, wherein the birthday message comprisesplaying an audible song for that particular occupant in the vehicle. 8.The customization system of claim 6, wherein the birthday messagecomprises playing a video for viewing by that particular occupant in thevehicle.
 9. The customization system of claim 6, wherein a camera in thevehicle captures image data of that particular occupant in the vehiclewhen said control generates the birthday message.
 10. The customizationsystem of claim 1, wherein the previously input occupant selectionsinclude a geographical location, and wherein, responsive to the occupantrecognition system recognizing the particular occupant in the vehicleand responsive to the accessed previously input geographical locationcorresponding to the current geographical location of the vehicle, saidcontrol generates a message for that particular occupant in the vehiclethat is associated with the previously input geographical location. 11.The customization system of claim 1, wherein said control generates theoutput responsive to at least one of (i) the vehicle not moving, (ii)the vehicle moving below a threshold speed and (iii) the vehiclearriving at a destination.
 12. The customization system of claim 1,wherein the predetermined output generated by said control comprises anoutput selected by that particular occupant for the current date orvehicle status.
 13. The customization system of claim 1, wherein theoccupant identification system recognizes a particular occupant in thevehicle responsive to an input by that particular occupant.
 14. Acustomization system for a vehicle, said customization systemcomprising: a control operable to generate an output in a vehicle, saidoutput comprising a visual output and an audible output; an occupantrecognition system operable to recognize a particular occupant in thevehicle; wherein said control accesses previously input occupantselections that are stored in a memory of said customization system;wherein, responsive to the occupant recognition system recognizing aparticular occupant in the vehicle, said control accesses previouslyinput occupant selections associated with that particular occupant and,responsive to an accessed previously input occupant selectioncorresponding to a current date or vehicle location, said controlgenerates a predetermined output for that particular occupant thatcorresponds to the current date or vehicle location; and wherein thepredetermined output generated by said control comprises an outputselected by that particular occupant and associated with the previouslyinput occupant selection that corresponds to the current date or vehiclelocation.
 15. The customization system of claim 14, wherein thepreviously input occupant selections include a date selected by theparticular occupant, and wherein, responsive to the occupant recognitionsystem recognizing the particular occupant and responsive to theaccessed previously input selected date corresponding to the currentdate, said control generates a selected message for that particularoccupant that is associated with the previously input selected date. 16.The customization system of claim 14, wherein a camera in the vehiclecaptures image data of the particular occupant in the vehicle when saidcontrol generates the predetermined output.
 17. The customization systemof claim 14, wherein the previously input occupant selections include ageographical location selected by the particular occupant, and wherein,responsive to the occupant recognition system recognizing the particularoccupant and responsive to the accessed previously input selectedgeographical location corresponding to the current geographical locationof the vehicle, said control generates a selected message for thatparticular occupant that is associated with the previously inputgeographical location.
 18. A customization system for a vehicle, saidcustomization system comprising: a control operable to generate anoutput in a vehicle, said output comprising an output selected from thegroup consisting of a visual output and an audible output; an occupantrecognition system operable to recognize a particular occupant in thevehicle; wherein said control accesses previously input occupantselections that are stored in a memory of said customization system;wherein, responsive to the occupant recognition system recognizing aparticular occupant of the vehicle, said control accesses previouslyinput occupant selections associated with that particular occupant;wherein the previously input occupant selections include at least onedate selected by the particular occupant, and wherein, responsive to theoccupant recognition system recognizing the particular occupant in thevehicle and responsive to an accessed previously input selected datecorresponding to the current date, said control generates an output forthat particular occupant that is associated with the previously inputselected date; and wherein the previously input occupant selectionsinclude at least one geographical location selected by the particularoccupant, and wherein, responsive to the occupant recognition systemrecognizing the particular occupant and responsive to an accessedpreviously input selected geographical location corresponding to thecurrent geographical location of the vehicle, said control generatesanother output for that particular occupant that is associated with thepreviously input geographical location.
 19. The customization system ofclaim 18, wherein a camera in the vehicle captures image data of thatparticular occupant in the vehicle when said control generates theoutput.
 20. The customization system of claim 18, wherein said controlgenerates the output responsive to at least one of (i) the vehicle notmoving, (ii) the vehicle moving below a threshold speed and (iii) thevehicle arriving at a destination.